WORLD (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

9:00 am

Outdoor Idaho"Eating Local"
Most of our food travels about 1,500 miles before it ever reaches our kitchen tables. But there are a growing number of food producers and consumers who prefer to eat locally grown food; they say it's healthier and tastier. Today, more than 50 farmers markets operate throughout the state, allowing farmers and consumers to meet and learn from each other. It's a trend that harkens back to a simpler time, when communities supported local farmers and people knew where their food came from. Outdoor Idaho explores the growing fascination with eating local.G

9:30 am

Dialogue"Kenneth Feinberg"
The Washington lawyer, whose firm specializes in mediation and dispute resolution, has acted as a government-appointed special master to settle million-dollar claims arising from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the BP Deepwater Horizon Disater Fund among other catastrophes. Feinberg's book Who Gets What was published earlier this year.G

10:00 am

Well Read"David Blatner, Spectrums"
How can we grasp the world of the atom or the size of our galaxy? Blatner explores the bizarre, beautiful wonders of our universe in language we all can understand. D

10:30 am

Great Decisions In Foreign Policy"Imperfect Union: The Eurozone In Crisis"
After World War Two, the leaders of Europe established greater economic ties to help prevent future continental conflict. Now, more than half a century later, the EU faces the biggest financial crisis in its history - and the future of the Eurozone itself is under question. What's preventing the world's second largest economy -- and America's largest trading partner -- from pulling itself out of recession?. D

11:00 am

NOVA"Ape Genius"
New investigations into the intelligence of the great apes - chimps, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos - reveal they not only have rich emotional lives but are far smarter than experts have previously imagined. Other research is redefining the mental talents of humans, with scientists beginning to determine what separates the species.G

12:00 pm

NOVA scienceNOW"How Smart Are Animals?"
A new interest in dog cognition labs is in response to the studies of dogs' successful interpretation of human social cues. Off the coast of Honduras, dolphins are learning to understand written symbols and sign language in hopes they use the knowledge to demonstrate their creativity. Then researchers investigate the large-sized brains of octopus and cuttlefish.G

1:00 pm

NOVA scienceNOW"What Are Animals Thinking?"
Have you ever wondered what's going on inside an Animal's head? How do they see the world -- and us? Is your dog really feeling guilty when it gives you that famous "guilty look?" Do pigeon brains possess "superpowers" that allow them to find their way home across hundreds of unfamiliar miles? David Pogue meets -- and competes -- with a menagerie of smart critters that challenge preconceived notions about what makes "us" different from "them" expanding our understanding of how animals really think. D

Helen of Troy
Bettany Hughes travels across the eastern Mediterranean to find the truth about Helen of Troy. Hughes sorts reality from myth as she traces the historical remnants of the woman blamed for causing the Trojan War.G

6:00 pm

Secrets of the Dead"Lost Ships of Rome"
Teams explore Ventotene Island off the coast of Italy where disgraced Roman noblewomen were sent in exile and near where in 2009, teams find five 2,000-year-old shipwrecks, their cargo intact. Now researchers salvage artifacts, and seek answers about the ships' fate and would-be destination.G

Anyone and Everyone
Filmmaker Susan Polls, herself a parent of a gay child, tells the stories of families from Utah to North Carolina, Wyoming to New York, all connected by the same common thread. During the film, parents of homosexual teens and young adults recall their initial reactions to their child's coming-out and their individual journeys to acceptance.G

11:00 pm

Secrets of the Dead"Lost Ships of Rome"
Teams explore Ventotene Island off the coast of Italy where disgraced Roman noblewomen were sent in exile and near where in 2009, teams find five 2,000-year-old shipwrecks, their cargo intact. Now researchers salvage artifacts, and seek answers about the ships' fate and would-be destination.G